I definitely bit off more than I could chew with machine piecing the half-hexagon quilt! The piecing started off fine when I was doing the corner with mostly solid full hexagons. But when I got to joining the pieced hexagons, I just couldn’t get the seams to line up. I think it was a combination of the extra seams in the blocks and the small size of the blocks. After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to change my approach. The point was to use the fabrics and shapes to create the optical illusion, not to drive myself crazy. So I decided to scrap the piecing idea, and fuse them instead. I applied fusible web to the back of each pieced block, trimmed the seam allowances off, and fused them to a black background. Mission accomplished! Now I’ll do some zigzag stitching around the edges and some quilting.
I also made some blocks for the Alberta Flood Relief project being organized by Cheryl Arkison. Cheryl is coming to Vancouver this week to do a trunk show and two workshops, so the VMQG is going to collect blocks and give them the Cheryl. These are addictive – and don’t seem make much of a dent in my scrap bags – so I may need to make some more later.
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Great solution Terry!